Dundee and Newtyle Railway
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The Dundee and Newtyle Railway opened in 1831 and was the first railway in the north of Scotland. It was built to carry goods between Dundee and the fertile area known as Strathmore; this involved cro
The original Dundee station on Ward road
1833 Carmichael Engine
Dundee and Perth Railway
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The Dundee and Perth Railway was a Scottish railway company. It opened its line in 1847 from Dundee to a temporary station at Barnhill and extended to Perth station in 1849. It hoped to link with othe
Dundee and Newtyle Railway
…it adopted the lines and upgraded them, incorporating them into the route of the new main line. The Dundee and Newtyle Railway was taken over by the Dundee and Perth Railway and the difficult inclines were by-passed by circuitous and more easily graded routes in the period from 1860 to 1868. Nonetheless the line declined…
Magdalen Green station, Dundee
The line just west of the bridge spanning the Tay at Perth